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2.2 A Christmas Carol

Context
Plot overview
Stave One
Stave Two
Stave Three
Stave Four
Stave Five
Scrooge
Marley's Ghost
The Ghost of Christmas Past
The Ghost of Christmas Present
The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
Bob Cratchit and Tiny Tim
Fred
Social responsibility
Poverty and wealth
Redemption
Christmas and family
Writer's methods
Key quotations

2.2 Silas Marner

Context
Plot overview
Chapters 1 to 3: Silas and the Cass brothers
Chapters 4 to 10: the stolen gold

2.2 The War of the Worlds

Context
Plot overview
Book One, Chapters 1 to 6: the Martians arrive
Book One, Chapters 7 to 13: the fighting begins

2.2 Pride and Prejudice

Context
Plot overview
Chapters 1 to 12
Chapters 13 to 23

2.2 Jane Eyre

Context
Plot overview
Chapters 1 to 4: Gateshead
Chapters 5 to 10: Lowood

2.2 Jekyll and Hyde

Context
Plot overview
Chapters 1 to 3
Chapters 4 and 5

2.2 Answering the 19th-century prose question

A Christmas Carol exam question
Silas Marner exam question
The War of the Worlds exam question

19th-century prose overview

2.3 Unseen poetry

Unseen poetry2 notes

2.3 Unseen poetry

Writing about an unseen poem
Comparing two unseen poems

Unseen poetry overview

All Eduqas GCSE English Literature past papers

Chapters 11 to 15: Eppie comes to Silas

Chapters 16 to 18: sixteen years later

Chapters 19 to 21 and the Conclusion

Dunstan Cass and Molly Farren

Isolation and community

Secrets and consequences

Writer's methods

Key quotations

Book One, Chapters 14 to 17: the exodus from London

Book Two, Chapters 1 to 5: trapped with the curate

Book Two, Chapters 6 to 10: dead London and the Epilogue

The narrator's brother and the Elphinstones

The narrator's wife

Imperialism and colonisation

Science and evolution

Religion and faith

Civilisation and the breakdown of order

War and violence

Human complacency and humility

Jane Bennet and Mr Bingley

Mr Collins and Charlotte Lucas

Wickham and Lydia

Lady Catherine de Bourgh

Family and reputation

Writer's methods

Key quotations

Chapters 11 to 27: Thornfield

Chapters 28 to 35: Moor House

Chapters 36 to 38: Ferndean

Helen Burns and Miss Temple

Mrs Reed and Mr Brocklehurst

Gender and independence

Chapter 9: Dr Lanyon's Narrative

Chapter 10: Henry Jekyll's Full Statement

Reputation and secrecy

Violence

Writer's methods

Key quotations

Pride and Prejudice exam question

Jane Eyre exam question

Jekyll and Hyde exam question

What’s on Component 2

2.1 Post-1914 prose or drama

2.1 An Inspector Calls

Component 2 past papers

2025 papers

2024 papers

2023 papers

2022 papers

2.1 Answering the post-1914 question

2.2 19th-century prose

2.2 A Christmas Carol

2.2 Silas Marner

2.2 The War of the Worlds

2.2 Pride and Prejudice

2.2 Jane Eyre

2.2 Jekyll and Hyde

2.2 Answering the 19th-century prose question

2.3 Unseen poetry

2.3 Unseen poetry

2020 papers

2019 papers

2018 papers

2017 papers